ungive

verb — 3 senses

ungive

verb

Etymology From un- + give.

1

Ambitransitive, Obsolete To yield, relax, slacken, give way or loosen.

2

UK, Dialectal To melt; thaw.

3

To take back something that had been given.

  • "Impossible," Vail said. "She's going to work at one of the prestige films at the end of this month. She's already given notice!" "Well apparently she ungave it. [...]"1994, William Diehl, Primal Fear:

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